On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 2:10 PM, enh <e...@google.com> wrote: >> >> I actually suspect "just use 128kB" is the actual best option in practice. > > for libc's sysconf(_SC_ARG_MAX) too? i'm fine changing bionic back to > reporting 128KiB if there's an lkml "Linus says" mail that i can link > to in the comment. it certainly seems like an overly-conservative > choice is better than the current situation...
I suspect a 128kB sysconf(_SC_ARG_MAX) is the sanest bet, simply because of that "conservative is better than aggressive". Especially since _technically_ we're still limiting things to that 128kB due to the single-string limit. Linus